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Payer stocks rally as 'Medicare for All' threat wanes | BCBS bets $20M on digital health management startup | Ex-CEO faces 20-year Medicare ban for billing fraud | 10 payer exec moves

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 19, 2019 1. Health insurance stocks rally as 'Medicare for All' threat weakens Full story 2. Cardiologist sues for $20M after New York hospital blocks admitting privileges Full story 3. BCBS venture arm leads…

BCBSA's new national network: 4 notes | CMS finalizes price transparency rule, targets Medicare Advantage overcharges | HealthPartners cuts 75 jobs as Medicare revenue declines | Harvard Pilgrim's net income falls more than 50%

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 18, 2019 1. CMS finalizes hospital price transparency rule: 6 things to know Full story 2. BCBS plans debut national provider network: 4 things to know Full story 3. CMS unveils plans to resolve…

Steward Health to spin off health plan | MD Anderson: Patient CMS reported dead is still alive | Humana partners with another EHR | Medicaid providers may face new reporting rules

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 14, 2019 1. Steward Health Care to spin off health plan Full story 2. MD Anderson says patient CMS reported dead is still alive Full story 3. Humana VP joins Tenet Full story 4.…

BCBSNC adds Atrium, Novant to risk-based network | KKR wants to buy Walgreens | Ore. insurer barred from expanding into Portland | CareFirst BCBS defrauded by broker

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 13, 2019 1. Atrium, Novant sign value-based agreement with BCBS of North Carolina Full story 2. Oregon regulators bar Trillium from expanding into Portland Full story 3. Ascension leader shares 8 reactions to reports…

UnitedHealth picks Optum CEO as president | Hospitals overbilled Medicare $54M for patient transfers, OIG finds | Average hospital expenses per inpatient day across 50 states | Florida Blue alerts members of data breach

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 12, 2019 1. UnitedHealth names Optum CEO to group president role Full story 2. OIG: Hospitals overbilled Medicare $54.4M for patient transfers Full story 3. Private Medicare enrollment for 7 commercial payers Full story…

UnitedHealth sued again over mental health coverage | Kaiser Permanente CEO dies | BCBS of Ill. begins Chicago expansion | Banner-University Health Plans CEO: 360-degree view of patient possible with new tool

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 11, 2019 1. Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard J. Tyson dies Full story 2. UnitedHealth hit with another lawsuit over mental health coverage Full story 3. BCBS of Illinois breaks ground on Chicago expansion Full…

10 cities with highest, lowest uninsured rates | HealthPartners to lay off 300 | Humana's job cuts to cost $46M | Payers aren't on 'dark side' — great care needs strong payer-provider relationships

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 7, 2019 1. 10 major cities with the highest, lowest uninsured rates Full story 2. Ex-CEO sentenced to prison in billing fraud case involving California clinics Full story 3. HealthPartners to close all retail…

Fla. safety-net system bets on upgrades to lure insured | Kaiser CEO: Warren's 'Medicare for All' plan would mean layoffs | Aetna boosts CVS Q3 profit by 10% | CMS finalizes home health, kidney payment rules: 14 notes

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 6, 2019 1. Some Kaiser employees would lose jobs under Warren's 'Medicare for All' plan, CEO Bernard Tyson says Full story 2. Miami safety-net health system hopes upgrades will draw insured patients Full story…

UnitedHealth expands housing program | CMS: Serious deficiencies found at MD Anderson | Kaiser health plan can't stop Hawaii system from balance billing | Ind. suspends Medicaid work rules

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 5, 2019 1. Serious deficiencies uncovered at MD Anderson Cancer Center, CMS report reveals Full story 2. UnitedHealth expanding housing program to 30 markets by early 2020 Full story 3. Kaiser can't stop Hawaii…

Haven tests health plan | 9 notes on CMS' final outpatient, physician payment rules | Warren's 'Medicare for All' funding plan: 8 takeaways | Resignation of BCBS of NC CEO was 'wrong message' on mental health: viewpoint

Payer Issues E-Newsletter November 4, 2019 1. Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan tests new employee health plan in some states Full story 2. CMS' final outpatient, physician payment rules for 2020: 9 things to know Full story 3. Warren's 'Medicare for All'…